The General and the Jaguar: Pershing's Hunt for Pancho Villa: A True Story of Revolution and RevengeU of Nebraska Press, 2007 M11 1 - 403 páginas On the cold, dark night of March 9, 1916, Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa?el jaguar?and his band of marauders crossed the border and raided the tiny town of Columbus, New Mexico. It was a vicious surprise attack, ending with corpses piled in the streets and psychological wounds that would last a lifetime. Suspects were rounded up, trials were held, and a virulent backlash against persons of Mexican origin erupted. General John ?Black Jack? Pershing was told to assemble a small army, head into Mexico, and get Villa, dead or alive. The last hurrah for the U.S. cavalry, the ?Punitive Expedition? marked America?s first use of armored tanks, airplanes, and trucks against an enemy. One of the deputies Pershing would choose was a recent West Point graduate named George Patton. The expedition brought the United States and Mexico to the brink of war, but it also restored greatness to both prey and predator. More than a classic account of the war for control of the West, The General and the Jaguar is a brilliant chronicle of obsession and revenge and a dual portrait of John Pershing and Pancho Villa, two of the greatest military minds of all time. |
Contenido
A Microbe Challenges an Elephant | 13 |
A Diverting Brute | 31 |
Veracruz | 42 |
Downhill | 49 |
Tell President Wilson to Save You | 62 |
Only One Chance to Die | 71 |
Rumors Warnings and Telegrams | 81 |
Villa Is Coming Tonight for Sure | 97 |
Jerked to Jesus | 249 |
A Ripe Pear | 260 |
A Terrible Blunder | 270 |
Whore Dust and a Rabid Dog | 287 |
An Old Colonel | 299 |
A Reborn Town | 304 |
Victims or Bandits? | 311 |
Death Comes for the Horsemen | 318 |
The Fiddler Plays | 108 |
Very Unnatural Deaths | 136 |
To the End of the Furrow | 155 |
Sunburn Frostbite and Blisters | 173 |
Pershings Indigestion | 197 |
No One to Seek For | 225 |
Gasoline Baths and Confessions | 237 |
Acknowledgments | 336 |
Casualties of the Columbus Raid | 338 |
Chronology | 340 |
Notes | 341 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The General and the Jaguar: Pershing's Hunt for Pancho Villa: A True Story ... Eileen Welsome Vista previa limitada - 2009 |
The General and the Jaguar: Pershing's Hunt for Pancho Villa: A True Story ... Eileen Welsome Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |
The General and the Jaguar: Pershing's Hunt for Pancho Villa: A True Story ... Eileen Welsome Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
Términos y frases comunes
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